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also malarky
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the old lady declared that everything politicians say is pure malarkey
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Recent Examples of malarkey
That’s some malarkey.
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Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
And that’s no malarkey.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2021
Enough with the malarkey.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
The technology shown in the video is plausible, but basically everything else is a bunch of malarkey.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
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Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
And that’s no malarkey.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2021
Enough with the malarkey.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
The technology shown in the video is plausible, but basically everything else is a bunch of malarkey.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malarkey
Noun
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The art world, like the artwork itself, exists in a delicate balance of elitism and absurdity, meaning and nonsense.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The basic idea here is that Vince Vaughn is doing his mid-aughts-dirtbag Vince Vaughn thing but on Christmas — a premise that’s laid on a foundation of plausible-sounding nonsense.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
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Lighting Lighting is the jewelry of any room, so take down those blah builder grade fixtures and replace them with something magical.Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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Navalny’s memoir deftly exposes the infinite vices in the current Russian government that rewards venality, cowardice and stupidity but punishes integrity, brains and the courage to speak truth to power.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
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That may not be a huge sum of money in a county with an annual operating budget of nearly $5 billion, but it’s got to rank high in sheer stupidity or at least neglect.Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Malarkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malarkey. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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